On January 22, the Second Ministerial Meeting of the Forum of China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States was held in Santiago, Chile. The meeting concluded with a series of framework documents to promote long-term cooperation. Source: Global Times | 2018/2/21 23:23:39

With the rise of trade protectionism in the US, the possibility of a trade war between China and the US has increased. The US also blocked various Chinese products and capital from entering its market, on the grounds of national security.
Source: Global Times | 2018/2/19 9:51:38

US President Donald Trump has claimed numerous times that China is taking advantage of the US with unfair trade practices. The Trump administration has also taken a series of protectionist measures that have pushed the two countries to the brink of a trade war.
Source: Global Times | 2018/2/18 10:01:32

China has made extraordinary progress in a relatively short period of time. As its economy has grown and the base of economic activity has broadened, its reform challenge has become exceedingly complex. Once again, it is important to stress that financial engineering is not a substitute for the heavy lifting of reforms. There are no shortcuts on the road to China's new era. Source: Global Times | 2018/2/16 11:08:38

Since June 2017, several days after China's central bank announced it would introduce a countercyclical adjustment factor in calculation of the yuan's central parity rate, the Chinese currency reversed a nearly two-year depreciation against the US dollar. There were six main reasons for the yuan's strength. Source: Global Times | 2018/2/15 11:07:00

Facing an unprecedented chance to leapfrog other industrialized economies, China is expected to move rapidly and consistently up the manufacturing value chain in the coming years. Source: Global Times | 2018/2/14 11:43:07

The latest GDP growth and unemployment rates signal a steady recovery of the US economy. The US has gone from a GDP contraction and 10 percent jobless rate in 2009 to an estimated 2.3 percent growth rate and less than 4 percent unemployment last year. This recovery is real and puts the US ahead of other developed countries. Source: Global Times | 2018/2/13 22:38:39

Recently, French newspaper Le Monde reported that China had hacked the African Union (AU) headquarters' computer system and downloaded confidential data, but it claimed that because of the aid China has given, AU officials dared not speak out. Source: Global Times | 2018/2/12 0:03:40

The US stock market rout has triggered fears that the bull run that followed the 2008-09 financial meltdown will be derailed. Affected by the US tumble, global markets fell, with the Shanghai Composite Index declining more than 1.8 percent on Wednesday.
Source: Global Times | 2018/2/7 22:48:41

Quantitative easing (QE) is over in the US, but an easy-money policy continues. This is the current monetary policy stance adopted by the US Federal Reserve. As a result, the US dollar started 2018 with a rapid decline.
Source: Global Times | 2018/2/6 23:53:40

As socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era, the nation's economy has turned out to have two distinct sides. On the one hand, the economy is seen to be stabilizing, with indicators for 2017 beating expectations. The three wagons pulling the economy – investment, exports and consumption – all gained steam over the past year, while the new economy flourished.
Source: Global Times | 2018/2/5 22:23:40

In recent years, the Belt and Road (B&R) initiative has developed rapidly. Countries and regions along the route of the initiative have conducted in-depth cooperation in infrastructure, energy, trade, investment and finance since President Xi Jinping proposed the B&R initiative in 2013. However, along with such cooperation, disputes are also rising, making it extremely urgent to establish a dispute settlement regime for the B&R.
Source: Global Times | 2018/2/1 22:43:41

UK Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province on Wednesday to begin her three-day visit to China. A China-UK CEO Council was set up on Wednesday to offer a communication platform for companies from both countries, according to China's commerce ministry. Global Times London correspondent Sun Wei (GT) interviewed Sir William Ehrman, KCMG, former British Ambassador to China (Ehrman), on the sidelines of the China-UK Economic and Trade Forum held on January 18 in London, seeking his views on China-UK cooperation. Source: Global Times | 2018/1/31 22:09:36

UK Prime Minister Theresa May was scheduled to arrive in China on Wednesday to pay a long overdue visit. The China trip comes against the background that a hard Brexit has become a fact. The UK and the EU have officially set March 2019 as the deadline for the UK to leave the EU. Source: Global Times | 2018/1/30 20:58:39

In recent years, the widening wealth gap in China has become a hot topic in the international media. However, virtually every country faces this problem. The latest report by Oxfam UK shows that 82 percent of the global wealth created in 2017 flowed to the richest 1 percent of the global population, while the world's poorest got nothing. Source: Global Times | 2018/1/29 21:53:39